What browser was this site made for?

Right at launch Giant Bomb had a lot of problems. Luckily most have been fixed, but one that I'm still experiencing is that in the text field for forum posts and article editing, when clicking on the drop down menu for text size, the drop down menu appears BEHIND the text field, making it impossible to choose anything other than normal size.
This made me wonder:
What web browser was this website primarily tested with?

Of course this problem could be caused by the web browser I'm using (IE8 beta with IE7 emulation enabled) and not in any other, but such a problem should simply not be there.

There are bugs with IE7.

Jeff was using a mac ( Which he said he was just getting used to, implying that he used a PC before ) so that means the site was somewhat made for Safari. And I haven't seen anything bad with Firefox3 so that one if fine too. I've only heard problems with IE7-IE8 so far

No problems here with FF3, and as Termite said, most people complaining are using IE.

Why you don't have FireFox 3, I will never understand. Just download and use that.

Who the fuck uses IE anymore.

FF and Safari are working the best right now. IE7 still has bugs and I'm not sure if they even made it compatible with IE8 beta. Eventually they'll fix all the IE7 bugs, and work downwards. Opera is probably going to be the last one worked on.

"Who the fuck uses IE anymore."

"Demilich said:

"Who the fuck uses IE anymore."

My family, they get mad at me when I try to install FF3 on their computers.
My sister flipped at me other day, cause I tried to install FF3 and AVG on her unprotected system.
*sighs*"

"Demilich said:

"Who the fuck uses IE anymore."

My family, they get mad at me when I try to install FF3 on their computers.
My sister flipped at me other day, cause I tried to install FF3 and AVG on her new and unprotected system.
Apparently I'm "breaking" and "messing" up their computers or something.
*sighs*"

"DualReaver said:

"Demilich said:

"Who the fuck uses IE anymore."

My family, they get mad at me when I try to install FF3 on their computers.
My sister flipped at me other day, cause I tried to install FF3 and AVG on her unprotected system.
*sighs*"

That sucks, has she even tried using Firefox? An unprotected system with the addition of using Internet Explorer... That's just asking to get attacked with viruses."

"DualReaver said:

"Demilich said:

"Who the fuck uses IE anymore."

My family, they get mad at me when I try to install FF3 on their computers.
My sister flipped at me other day, cause I tried to install FF3 and AVG on her new and unprotected system.
Apparently I'm "breaking" and "messing" up their computers or something.
*sighs*"

Dumbasses.

Issue beatings more frequently."

Works fine on Firefox.

"Who the fuck uses IE anymore."

It was rhetorical. I was saying only idiots use IE.

I can say with confidence if you tried FF you gave up after less than 10 minutes.

Probably FF. Since, you know, IE sucks.

"Demilich said:

"Who the fuck uses IE anymore."

My family, they get mad at me when I try to install FF3 on their computers.
My sister flipped at me other day, cause I tried to install FF3 and AVG on her new and unprotected system.
Apparently I'm "breaking" and "messing" up their computers or something.
*sighs*"

I don't think it's fair to judge what browsers other people should use - while there are obvious security implications in using unpatched IE6, why can't people have the choice?
Sure, IE has a terrible rendering engine - but some people are just comfortable with it or even like the way it performs - if they see a site that doesn't work in IE they'll think; "This doesn't work in my browser!", not "My browser is terrible!".

Personally, I wish everyone would start switching over to Firefox or Opera - well, anything as long as it's not IE6, just to make web developers' lives easier!

This site was probably designed around Firefox - it's generally a great base to work with, then you can hack bits together to work in IE usually.

I'm wondering how many of the people who endlessly complain about IE actually have real jobs? Sure, only idiots use IE.... or, you know, people with actual jobs.

At my company you can't change the browser (against policy,) you can't just use whatever applications you'd like on the company computers... so, we use IE - and it's fine. I can't just toss FF3 on a couple of the computers because it gets so much forum praise. Many, many companies are the exact same way. IE is the "established" browser, so they go with what they're comfortable with. 

I have no problems with the site using IE at all other than a slight post editing bug occasionally and a bug that causes some hidden posts not to be revealed when I hit "reveal post," not that they're worth reading anyways.

"

I'm wondering how many of the people who endlessly complain about IE actually have real jobs? Sure, only idiots use IE.... or, you know, people with actual jobs.

At my company you can't change the browser (against policy,) you can't just use whatever applications you'd like on the company computers... so, we use IE - and it's fine. I can't just toss FF3 on a couple of the computers because it gets so much forum praise. Many, many companies are the exact same way. IE is the "established" browser, so they go with what they're comfortable with. 

I have no problems with the site using IE at all other than a slight post editing bug occasionally and a bug that causes some hidden posts not to be revealed when I hit "reveal post," not that they're worth reading anyways.

"

I use firefox and everything runs perfectly.

"I don't think it's fair to judge what browsers other people should use - while there are obvious security implications in using unpatched IE6, why can't people have the choice?
Sure, IE has a terrible rendering engine - but some people are just comfortable with it or even like the way it performs - if they see a site that doesn't work in IE they'll think; "This doesn't work in my browser!", not "My browser is terrible!".

Personally, I wish everyone would start switching over to Firefox or Opera - well, anything as long as it's not IE6, just to make web developers' lives easier!

This site was probably designed around Firefox - it's generally a great base to work with, then you can hack bits together to work in IE usually."

Well I've got the friends glitch and I'm using FF3, though I don't know if I still have it since one guy tracked me and now I have him on my friends list so I guess I'm gonna track all my friends again but now they'll probably think I'm a pain in the arse. Oh well.

"Well I've got the friends glitch and I'm using FF3, though I don't know if I still have it since one guy tracked me and now I have him on my friends list so I guess I'm gonna track all my friends again but now they'll probably think I'm a pain in the arse. Oh well."

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"

I'm wondering how many of the people who endlessly complain about IE actually have real jobs? Sure, only idiots use IE.... or, you know, people with actual jobs.

At my company you can't change the browser (against policy,) you can't just use whatever applications you'd like on the company computers... so, we use IE - and it's fine. I can't just toss FF3 on a couple of the computers because it gets so much forum praise. Many, many companies are the exact same way. IE is the "established" browser, so they go with what they're comfortable with. 

I have no problems with the site using IE at all other than a slight post editing bug occasionally and a bug that causes some hidden posts not to be revealed when I hit "reveal post," not that they're worth reading anyways.

"

So if people have jobs, they shouldn't have FF3 at home?"

"DualReaver said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"

I'm wondering how many of the people who endlessly complain about IE actually have real jobs? Sure, only idiots use IE.... or, you know, people with actual jobs.

At my company you can't change the browser (against policy,) you can't just use whatever applications you'd like on the company computers... so, we use IE - and it's fine. I can't just toss FF3 on a couple of the computers because it gets so much forum praise. Many, many companies are the exact same way. IE is the "established" browser, so they go with what they're comfortable with. 

I have no problems with the site using IE at all other than a slight post editing bug occasionally and a bug that causes some hidden posts not to be revealed when I hit "reveal post," not that they're worth reading anyways.

"

So if people have jobs, they shouldn't have FF3 at home?"

"Shouldn't?" I don't even know what that means, people can have whatever they want, if they want FF3 they should knock themselves out.

I have IE7 at home as well. Other than the two extremely minor bugs on this forum I have never had any issues with it - at all - security issues or otherwise. Works fine for me, no reason to change it. "

  BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"DualReaver said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"

I'm wondering how many of the people who endlessly complain about IE actually have real jobs? Sure, only idiots use IE.... or, you know, people with actual jobs.

At my company you can't change the browser (against policy,) you can't just use whatever applications you'd like on the company computers... so, we use IE - and it's fine. I can't just toss FF3 on a couple of the computers because it gets so much forum praise. Many, many companies are the exact same way. IE is the "established" browser, so they go with what they're comfortable with. 

I have no problems with the site using IE at all other than a slight post editing bug occasionally and a bug that causes some hidden posts not to be revealed when I hit "reveal post," not that they're worth reading anyways.

"

So if people have jobs, they shouldn't have FF3 at home?"

"Shouldn't?" I don't even know what that means, people can have whatever they want, if they want FF3 they should knock themselves out.

I have IE7 at home as well. Other than the two extremely minor bugs on this forum I have never had any issues with it - at all - security issues or otherwise. Works fine for me, no reason to change it. "

The point was everyone was rambling on and on about how only idiots use IE, when in reality for 8 hours a day many people are forced to use it, and that's also the period they frequently browse the net.

Pretty easy to piece together.

"  BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"DualReaver said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"

I'm wondering how many of the people who endlessly complain about IE actually have real jobs? Sure, only idiots use IE.... or, you know, people with actual jobs.

At my company you can't change the browser (against policy,) you can't just use whatever applications you'd like on the company computers... so, we use IE - and it's fine. I can't just toss FF3 on a couple of the computers because it gets so much forum praise. Many, many companies are the exact same way. IE is the "established" browser, so they go with what they're comfortable with. 

I have no problems with the site using IE at all other than a slight post editing bug occasionally and a bug that causes some hidden posts not to be revealed when I hit "reveal post," not that they're worth reading anyways.

"

So if people have jobs, they shouldn't have FF3 at home?"

"Shouldn't?" I don't even know what that means, people can have whatever they want, if they want FF3 they should knock themselves out.

I have IE7 at home as well. Other than the two extremely minor bugs on this forum I have never had any issues with it - at all - security issues or otherwise. Works fine for me, no reason to change it. "

I believe it's a word...

And you have no idea what you're missing out on. :P"

"To all you people being very vocal about how Internet Explorer sucks and everyone using it are idiots: Have you considered that if it really did suck so much, less people would be using it?

Stop using GiantBomb from work. You're probably not supposed to anyway.

Problem solved.

(I mean, assuming you have FF installed on your home computer like everyone else who wants a completely functional Internet experience does.)

"(I mean, assuming you have FF installed on your home computer like everyone else who wants a completely functional Internet experience does.)"

"IE7 has many features that Firefox used to have, now that it does I have no reason to use anything else. IE does everything I want to do perfectly and I've never had any issues with it. Why would I change?"

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"IE7 has many features that Firefox used to have, now that it does I have no reason to use anything else. IE does everything I want to do perfectly and I've never had any issues with it. Why would I change?"

Haha, good one. You almost had me there."

What?

Can anyone answer my question?

What would I be gaining by using FF3 over IE7? "

"Sentry said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"IE7 has many features that Firefox used to have, now that it does I have no reason to use anything else. IE does everything I want to do perfectly and I've never had any issues with it. Why would I change?"

Haha, good one. You almost had me there."

What?

Can anyone answer my question?

What would I be gaining by using FF3 over IE7? "

Every single webstireDualReaver said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"Sentry said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"IE7 has many features that Firefox used to have, now that it does I have no reason to use anything else. IE does everything I want to do perfectly and I've never had any issues with it. Why would I change?"

Haha, good one. You almost had me there."

What?

Can anyone answer my question?

What would I be gaining by using FF3 over IE7? "

I find it much faster, easier to navigate, better security and works well with any website."

"Sentry said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"IE7 has many features that Firefox used to have, now that it does I have no reason to use anything else. IE does everything I want to do perfectly and I've never had any issues with it. Why would I change?"

Haha, good one. You almost had me there."

What?

Can anyone answer my question?

What would I be gaining by using FF3 over IE7? "

"Every single webstireDualReaver said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"Sentry said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"IE7 has many features that Firefox used to have, now that it does I have no reason to use anything else. IE does everything I want to do perfectly and I've never had any issues with it. Why would I change?"

Haha, good one. You almost had me there."

What?

Can anyone answer my question?

What would I be gaining by using FF3 over IE7? "

I find it much faster, easier to navigate, better security and works well with any website."

Every single website I go to works well, IE7 is numbingly easy for me to navigate, it's fast, and I have no security issues.

So, yeah - I think I'll continue to use it."

Lol. Just use both for an equal amount of time and tell me IE is better then FF.

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"Sentry said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"IE7 has many features that Firefox used to have, now that it does I have no reason to use anything else. IE does everything I want to do perfectly and I've never had any issues with it. Why would I change?"

Haha, good one. You almost had me there."

What?

Can anyone answer my question?

What would I be gaining by using FF3 over IE7? "

It has fewer features than FF3 and has a greater number of incompatible sites as well as being more susceptible to malicious code. You even admitted earlier in this very thread that some features on this site don't work completely on your IE7. They do on FF3.

If you are so interested in what you'd be gaining, go try FF3 yourself and find out. I'm not here to hand-hold you through improving your own Internet experience. If you want an inferior experience, that's your prerogative."

"Lol. Just use both for an equal amount of time and tell me IE is better then FF."

"Lol. Just use both for an equal amount of time and tell me IE is better then FF."

"Sentry said:

"Lol. Just use both for an equal amount of time and tell me IE is better then FF."

I don't see anyone saying that Internet Explorer is better than FireFox, but FireFox isn't absolutely neccesary for a good web browsing experience and Internet Explorer is better than a lot of you people seem to think."

Yeah, no one is saying IE is better then FF, but when you have the CHOICE between FF and IE, how could one pick IE? Mind boggling.

Because it works perfectly and FF3 would offer no advantage whatsoever?

Not really mind boggling.

I'm having absolutely no problems with FF3. If you're running IE7, then switch, it will not only solve bug problems with GB but also be a much better browsing experience.

"Because it works perfectly and FF3 would offer no advantage whatsoever?

Not really mind boggling."

"Patchinko said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"Sentry said:

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"IE7 has many features that Firefox used to have, now that it does I have no reason to use anything else. IE does everything I want to do perfectly and I've never had any issues with it. Why would I change?"

Haha, good one. You almost had me there."

What?

Can anyone answer my question?

What would I be gaining by using FF3 over IE7? "

It has fewer features than FF3 and has a greater number of incompatible sites as well as being more susceptible to malicious code. You even admitted earlier in this very thread that some features on this site don't work completely on your IE7. They do on FF3.

If you are so interested in what you'd be gaining, go try FF3 yourself and find out. I'm not here to hand-hold you through improving your own Internet experience. If you want an inferior experience, that's your prerogative."

Except that FF3 has a few bugs of its own on this site as well,  this site is still being developed - it's in its infancy. I would hardly call sometimes not being able to reveal a hidden post a big deal though, and it's hardly enough to get me to switch browsers. And saying it's more susceptible to malicious codes and more prone not to work with certain sites are fine bulletpoints - but I've never had any security issues (I have fine antivirus programs and firewalls on the PC's I use, security is taken care of) and have yet to come across a site that doesn't work completely. My internet connections, both here and at home, are lightning fast and I've never has a problem with IE's speed - it's blazing fast.

And hahahaha, "Inferior experience." We're talking about web browsers here, and IE works perfectly for me. There is not one single thing to be gained from using FF3 on my end, believe it or not our experiences are identical.

You're not viewing some magical fantasy internet that I don't have access to. FF3 might be the e-cool "in" thing, but IE7 works perfectly for me."

"FF3 would offer no advantage whatsoever?"

"Because it works perfectly and FF3 would offer no advantage whatsoever?

Not really mind boggling."